Radio Scarborough application
1 Station Name Guidance Notes What is the proposed station name? This is the name you expect to use to identify the station on air. Radio Scarborough
2. Community to be served Guidance Notes Define the community or communities you are proposing It is a legislative requirement that a service is intended to serve. Drawing from various sources of data (e.g. from primarily to serve one or more communities (whether or the Office of Population, Census and Survey) and in not it also serves other members of the public) and we need relation to your proposed coverage area, please determine to understand who comprises that community or the size of the population concerned and the make-up of communities. The target community will also be specified in the population as a whole, along with any relevant socio- the licence, if this application is successful. economic information that would support your application. The legislation defines a ‘community’ as: people who live or (Please tell us the sources of the information you provide.) work or undergo education or training in a particular area Answer in fewer than 300 words: or locality, or people who have one or more interests or characteristics in common. Radio Scarborough has been broadcasting a full range of programmes, of appeal to everyone who lives and works in the Borough of Scarborough, as well as the many tourists who visit the borough each year, since 2013. Whilst somewhat disjointed at the outset, over the last three years, RS has increased its focus on community matters, beyond measure. The Borough of Scarborough covers 315 square miles and has a population of 110,000 residents and over 58,000 households. As we have refined our coverage, we have attempted to cover all of the outlying areas, as well as the main centres of Scarbrough and Whitby
There are approximately 45 miles of Heritage Coastline in which are located the three main towns of Scarborough, Whitby and Filey. The borough extends from the coastline, inland, to the village of Yedingham which is just SE of the town of Pickering.
The population demographics are: 0-14 15.5% 15-24 10.9% 25-44 22.6% 45-64 29.8% 65+ 21.2% The social grades are: AB 22.4% C1 30.4% C2 24.7% DE 22.5% Whilst there are small pockets of wealth across the Borough, we are more commonly known for our positioning as a super output area with a high number of wards experiencing multiple indicators of deprivation. For a large % of the year, unemployment is higher than the national average with seasonal employment having a significant impact on the town’s economy. The Borough of Scarborough has a substantially ageing population, known as a popular coastal retirement destination. As a result we have increasing challenges with loneliness and isolation as many older people find themselves, away from family/support networks and restricted to their own homes/immediate community.
3. Proposed area Guidance Notes What is the area you propose to serve? Although we believe it is helpful to set guidance that frequency availability may often limit transmission powers
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to around 25 watts and the coverage radius to around 5km, we are adopting a more flexible approach and will consider applications for wider areas where applicants can demonstrate that the proposed coverage area will better serve the target community, and where it is technically possible. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/1 01459/community-radio-future-licensing-technical-policy- statement.pdf
A Radio Scarborough FM broadcast would be aimed at the entire Borough of Scarborough, encompassing the coastal towns of Whitby to the north, Scarborough central and Filey south of the borough, and include all the villages west, included within the Borough of Scarborough.
Programmes and programme output: Definitions: Studio location: The studio from which the service will be broadcast should be located within the licensed area. Locally-produced: Locally-produced output is output made and broadcast from within the service’s licensed coverage area. (It is anticipated that most stations will produce the bulk of their output themselves, in the locality. However, for some target communities it may be appropriate for fairly high levels of output to originate from outside the licensed area.) Live output: is that which is produced by a presenter in the studio at the time of broadcast. (The amount of live output may vary between different services depending on the needs or expectations of the target community.) Original output: output that is first produced for and transmitted by the service, and excludes output that was transmitted elsewhere before. Original output can be live or voice-tracked. Repeat broadcasts of original output do not count towards the minimum requirement. Peak time: it may be helpful to state what material will be broadcast in ‘peak time’. If you do, please say what you consider peak time to be for your target community (this may vary from station to station). Automated output/voice-tracked material: most stations will carry automated output at some time. The amount of automated or voice-tracked material does not need to be specified in the Key Commitments. Sustaining service/third party produced material: if you intend to broadcast material produced by a different organisation please state what it is and how much (per day or week as appropriate).
4. Programming output Guidance Notes Please fill-in all three questions below The law requires applicants to state their proposals for Question A asks you to describe your programme service. providing a service that would: Question B relates to how your output will serve the tastes (i) cater for the tastes and interests of members of its and interests of your target community. target community or communities (or for any particular tastes and interests in those communities); Question C is about how your service will broaden the range of local (non-BBC) services available in your area. (ii) broaden the range of programmes available on non- BBC local services (commercial and community Later in this form you will be asked to draft your own ‘key stations) to members of the relevant community or commitments’. This will form the basis of your licence and communities; is what Ofcom will judge you against. It should include a summary of your proposed programme output as set out (iii) broaden the overall range of such non-BBC local below and reflect your commitment to cater for relevant services provided in the area concerned; and tastes and interests, to broaden the range of relevant (iv) have a distinct nature, or provide distinct content, from programmes and services and to provide a service with a any non-BBC local services with which it would overlap.
Radio Scarborough application distinct nature and content as set out in the Guidance Ofcom is required to consider the extent to which an Notes in the column opposite. applicant’s proposals will cater for the tastes and interests of members of its target community or communities. Ofcom is also required to consider the extent to which proposals for a community radio station would broaden the range of programmes available by way of non-BBC local services (both commercial and community stations) in the area concerned (especially, the extent to which a proposed service would have a distinct nature or provide distinct content from any overlapping non-BBC local services). The information given here should be more detailed than what you set out in your draft key commitments (later in this form), and will help us gain a fuller understanding of how you will serve your target community and what the station will sound like. 4. Programming output A: Please tell us about your programme service. The following questions may help you describe your programme service (but should only be used as a guide): • What will the service sound like? • What music will you play? • What are the main speech elements of the service and how will the social gain/community benefits you propose be reflected on-air? • What is the likely music to speech ratio? • Will this vary at different times of the day or week (or year)? • Do you intend to broadcast live output? If so when and how much do you propose to do? • Will you broadcast in languages other than English (what languages and how much)? • Will your output be original i.e. specifically produced for your service? • Will it be locally produced? • Do you intend to repeat material? What will the service sound like?
We are based at The Street, near to the town centre. We provide information and entertainment which includes a mixture of music and speech, relevant to our audience within the Borough of Scarborough
Our music is rock/indie oriented pop during the daytime and cross genre during the evening, which we believe to be our peak-time. Speech content is broadcast during the day and evening. Speech content is currently around 30%, but we hope to increase that in a way that will be informative so that we can gain a good, strong, loyal and local audience. We focus on local issues, as well as regional, national and global subjects, in terms of affect our borough.
RS broadcasts features such as weather, travel and what’s on information, together with chats and interviews with people from local organisations. We build every hour in such a way to reflect the many qualities of our borough.
We encourage the community to have a sense of pride in the local area. We promote the variety and quality of life in our locality, from the sound of the busy market hall to events such as the Tour de Yorkshire going through the town. We try to reflect the riches contained within our local society.
RS encourages local people to get involved and support local organisations like Barrowcliff Big Local for example, plus all the other community and charitable organizations in our area, We create features that showcase the work of such bodies, in the borough
Whatever our audience is involved in, we want to bring that to life. We feature programmes that allow people to hear the real voices of the Borough of Scarborough on Radio Scarborough – they could be an interviewee… or an interviewer. They could be a presenter, a reporter, an on air contributor, a researcher or a producer. We encourage
Radio Scarborough application everyone to have a go and have their say. We already have a Saturday morning show that is produced and presented by a group of twelve year-olds, already with almost two year’s experience under their belts. We are currently training some mature people from Sleights, towards a similar end, in an effort to link-up people of their generation, who may feel alone and isolated, in the many remote areas of our borough.
We promote and reflect the life of the community and showcase the accomplishments of local community groups and organisations. We want to support local people to use the radio station as a tool to increase the participation in and to find out about, local services that are available.
Currently printed posters flyers etc and social media are used to promote community and charitable events, but these are not readily accessible to everybody. Listeners are encouraged to get more involved in these local projects as Radio Scarborough turns a printed, poster or leaflet into something that comes to life on the air. What music will you play?
We play a variety of music, representing a genuine alternative to that featured on the other stations in our area, together with the more familiar fare.
Referring to the area’s age demographic, during the daytime, the music we will play Monday to Friday will be broken down as follows:
60s – 25%
70s – 25%
80s – 15%
90s – 15%
00s – 10%
10s – 10%
After 6pm and at weekends, the music consists of genre specific music such as, Blues, Northern Soul, Jazz, Classical, Rock, Easy Listening, Opera, Music Hall, Rock n Roll, Folk, Dance, Musicals, World Music and other niche genres, which are not covered by other local stations (presented through the passions and interests of our amazing team of volunteer presenters). It is very important that everyone in the borough feels that there is something for them at some point every week, so we encourage our audience to tell us what kinds of specialist music shows or features it wants to hear. If there is a demand we will meet it and regularly promote the fact that our listeners can actually choose the music Radio Scarborough plays. We are already broadcasting a Polish language programme containing music and chat aimed at Scarborough’s large Polish community, in response to public demand. We also feel it is important to provide a complementary menu to that provided by the other prominent station in the area, Yorkshire Coast Radio, therefore we generally steer away mainstream pop. What are the main speech elements of the service and how will the social gain/community benefits you propose be reflected on-air?
It is intended that ultimately, a minimum of 30-40% of RS programming 8am to midnight, will be speech items.
This breaks down over 7 days as follows:
40% - interviews with local organisations and individuals, including topical local content
15% - presenter links
15% - voxpops interviews via phone ins and social media
15% - local information such as weather, what’s on and travel
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The remaining 15% will be a mix of national news from and other general features of interest to our audience.
What is the likely music to speech ratio?
65% music to 35% speech averaged over 7 days Will this vary at different times of the day or week (or year)? There is more general speech content during the daytime, although we already have a topical local talk show at 6pm Saturdays, which is repeated at midday Sunday. Do you intend to broadcast live output? If so when and how much do you propose to do?
We already broadcast over 8 hours per day live, Monday to Saturday and would be looking to increase this. We would also present live on Sundays, but the building which houses our studio, is not accessible between 4.45pm Saturday and 8am Monday. We are looking at alternatives to enable us to broadcast live between those hours.
Will you broadcast in languages other than English (what languages and how much)?
RS mainly broadcasts in English. We have already identified the need for other languages to be broadcast to this area. One of our presenters who is Polish recently began to host a weekly Polish language programme. We are working on a programme that will cater for the other, smaller ethnic communities who together, make up a significant part of Scarborough’s population
***************** produced for your service?
The bulk of our output is original, excepting national news.
Will it be locally produced?
About 80% of our output is produced locally
We use services provided by a National News Stream to enhance our output.
Do you intend to repeat material? We repeat material where relevant, in order to get the message out from local community organisations.
B. What is the address of the proposed studio (if known)?
The Street, 12, Lower Clark Street, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 7PW
C: Based on what you have said above, how will your proposed radio service cater for the tastes and interests of your target community/communities? Answer in fewer than 400 words: Radio Scarborough is focused on providing the community with something relevant, to which they can relate. This is presented in a straightforward way, producing an informative and entertaining listen. We are flexible in how we showcase the area. It might be a simple presenter read of a what’s on message promoting the latest production of the YMCA Musical theatre group, or a specialist from the Financial Advisor Bureau offering all of us specific advice and information, or we could join the Scarborough Cycling Club on a ride around the area. We already transmit live from events at Scarborough Castle and elsewhere and intend to do similar from other events/locations such as Wolds Way Lavender, Ampleforth College, Ryedale Festival and others, with whom we’ve already established a relationship. There is a large rural area within the Borough, so we will be keeping in touch with the local farming community, reporting on annual events or related news items.
We are keen to reflect the strong local sporting interest in a variety of local sports including Scarborough rugby, cricket and football clubs, plus the various bowls, hockey and athletic clubs
We are keen to offer all local people the opportunity to broadcast on radio Scarborough
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There will be a mix of topics from the serious to the light. Our audience can recognise their friends and neighbours talking about local organisations and services that they are involved in. Real local voices on real local radio for the Borough of Scarborough.
The wide spread of our music is in response to the many genre-specific events which take place in our borough, such as The Whitby and Filey folk festivals, Spa Orchestra summer season (Scarborough), Musicport (Whitby, World Music), Scarborough Jazz Club and Festival, Top Secret (Scarborough) and Whitby Blues festivals, Ryedale Festival (Classical and Opera) etc.
We encourage our listeners to tell us what they think about issues in the area. We do this through street interviews and through social media channels like text, Twitter and Facebook.
D: How will your proposed community radio service add to the range of programmes available on non-BBC local services (commercial and community stations) to members of the relevant community or communities, add to the overall range of such services in the area concerned and be different and distinct from them? Please tell us which non- BBC local services your station will overlap with. Answer in fewer than 400 words:
We already transmit a weekly two-hour programme on local issues, where we seek contributions from local people in all walks of life such as local politicians, business-persons journalists, sportspeople, emergency service workers etc, The programme is a completely blank canvas, to enable individuals to talk about issues that really matter to them. We are not aware of any similar programme on radio, anywhere. Through our youth training programme, we have also been delivering a weekly show for young people, for over a year, produced and presented in the main, by three twelve year olds. This programme earned particular praise from Dom Chambers, on a visit from the Community Media Association. We have recently linked-up with NYCC Stronger Communities to develop a similar programme, with mature people from the Sleights area. Over the past twelve months, we have forged a very strong link with Scarborough RUFC, being their official match day media partner and present commentary from all their home games. We met recently and agreed to expand this partnership to incorporate all aspects of their activities, as well as our match day involvement. Scarborough RUFC is generally regarded as the best amateur rugby set-up in the country and the team plays at a significantly higher equivalent level than Scarborough Athletic FC, so is really important to our sporting community. We are in the throes of arranging a similar tie-up with Scarborough’s hockey teams. We have been commissioned by Scarborough Borough Council to provide training for people who reside within the Barrowcliff area, to document all the work done as part of the Big Local scheme. It’s envisaged that they will produce a radio programme of at least thirty minutes duration, to be transmitted on Radio Scarborough, subject to it meeting the required standard. We are already in discussions with other local councillors, to provide similar programmes for other areas. We will work in consultation with Yorkshire Coast Radio, with whom we have a cordial relationship, to find ways of covering community activities, not already covered by them. Where they have existing coverage we will offer a different angle. We acknowledge there is some overlapping with the community coverage offered by Yorkshire Coast Radio, as is inevitable when two stations operate in the same geographical area. We don’t perceive any problem here, as our output differs greatly from YCR, so the stations are likely to be accessed by different kinds of listeners.
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5. Social gain Guidance Notes Community radio is required to be for the public good and Broadcasting legislation specifies a number of to bring community benefits, or social gains, to listeners ‘characteristics of community radio services’. Licence and participants. The requirement for ‘social gain,’ is one of holders need to ensure their services conform to these characteristics, including in this case the delivery of social the key factors that makes community radio stations gain. different from other radio services. The legislation sets out social gains that stations must Please tell us what community benefits your service will provide. These are the achievement, in respect of bring to your target community(ies) and/or the general individuals or groups of individuals in the target public. Please include summaries of evidence to support community, or in respect of other members of the public, of your answer. the following objectives – Answer in fewer than 1,500 words: (a) the provision of a radio service to individuals who are otherwise underserved by such services, (b) the facilitation of discussion and the expression of opinion, (c) the provision (whether by means of programmes included in the service or otherwise) of education or training to individuals not employed by the station, and (d) the better understanding of the particular community and the strengthening of links within it. Social gain may also include the achievement of other objectives of a social nature.1 Applicants are required to provide evidence that their service will result in significant social gain to the public or the target community(ies). Copies of letters or research reports etc. should not be submitted, but brief relevant extracts from them, which represent an accurate and comprehensive summary, may be included. If we wish to see the source material, we will ask for it. Ofcom is required to have regard to the extent to which your proposed service would result in the delivery of social gain to the public or target community. Radio Scarborough participates in all existing and planned projects designed to make the community a better place to live, work and play. Our aim is to give everyone an unbiased, independent and supportive opportunity to air their views, voice their opinion and generally participate in the lifeblood of the community, to develop media skills through voluntary placements and training in the vocational environment of an operational community radio station.
We want Radio Scarborough to be used by the borough’s community as one of the main ways to promote everything good about our area. Our team is here to help everyone to achieve their goals, for the benefit of our community.
There is a wealth of information available already in leaflets, posters and websites but we want to get this information on the air so that those who might not currently access such information on Yorkshire Coast Radio and BBC Radio York, actually hear about it on Radio Scarborough. We deliver this information simply and effectively, sometimes complementing it with interviews from the organisations involved or special features or outside broadcasts. This enables agencies and the community to gain from genuine two way communication and help to lead to the quicker delivery of agency priorities and objectives.
We are actively involved with other local community groups, local charities and other non-profit making
1 See Article 2(3) of the Community Radio Order 2004 and Ofcom’s Notes of guidance for community radio applicants and licensees.
Radio Scarborough application organisations and help them to get their messages across to everyone in the area, encouraging them to become more involved and play an active role in the community.
We hold ongoing discussions with many organisations who subsequently broadcast useful and important information about the services they offer. For example the Coast and Vale Community Action organisation is an umbrella organisation which supports many local voluntary groups and charities across the area. They are also based in The Street, so have access to their target groups whenever they need it, through RS. We promote the services offered by Scarborough Town Council and the good work undertaken in the area by groups like Scarborough Rotary Club, Scarborough, Whitby and Filey Lions, Scarborough Homeless Support and Saint Catherine’s Hospice Trust.
We acknowledge that much of this is currently covered by Yorkshire Coast Radio, our intention being to repeat, enhance and complement that coverage.
We also have tie-ups with many businesses and organisations outside of our area. As Scarborough, Whitby and many other parts of the borough rely greatly on tourism, we feel it is in the absolute interests of our community to promote our borough far and wide. We transmit a jazz programme, which is repeated at a time favourable to west and east coast USA, where we have a large jazz following, being one of the few radio stations in the world, to play contemporary Jazz. We know from comments on Facebook and our website, that this has encouraged people to visit our area.
Social isolation for local residents is an issue and we are able to provide company in the way of a friendly voice, also encouraging those affected to get out and try some of the many local groups and their activities.
Radio Scarborough invites local health professionals into our studios to talk about issues around diabetes, dementia and other similar health concerns. We promote the many preventative services the local NHS Trust offers, encouraging local people to become more knowledgeable about looking after themselves and their families. This is done through a series of interviews and features, broadcast and repeated, to spread the word to as many people as possible. These focus on things like obesity, stopping smoking, alcohol and drugs abuse, plus teenage pregnancy, for example.
We already have working partnerships with many of these local organisations.
We use a variety of methods of communication to engage with the community. Social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook are used to support the work we do on air and promote what is happening in the community. These media are also used to encourage the involvement and participation of members of the community to talk about local issues that affect them.
We already have good, working relationships with other local media, such as Yorkshire Coast Radio, The Scarborough Review, The Scarborough News and North Yorkshire/Scarborough TV News.
The provision of a radio service to individuals who are otherwise underserved by such services.
Radio Scarborough is a valuable extra tool to connect with the local population and highlight existing projects designed to reduce crime and the fear of crime, improve access to health care and information, improve employment and training opportunities and develop a feeling of community. We run numerous public service announcements on a frequently rotated basis.
We are a live, on air information service used by residents and groups to communicate with each other in a strong two-way process, which would be made far more penetrative in the community, if we had the licence to transmit on FM, given that 73.9% of radio listeners in the area, access radio via FM (figure supplied by Yorkshire Coast Radio)
The facilitation of discussion and the expression of opinion.
We encourage all organisations and individuals based around the borough to give us details of their activities for use by Radio Scarborough on air and on our website. We invite them in to be interviewed by our presenters on our
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day time shows on a regular basis. Any of them who want to produce and/or present their own features or show will be encouraged to join one of our Radio Scarborough training courses, which are being expanded and developed by our Head of Training, Paul Coia. They will be able to raise issues for discussion and comment. Weekly “focus on” features will highlight topics for discussion, like improving diet and nutrition. These will be broadcast and repeated throughout the day and we will encourage phone, email, text and social media comments about the topics raised.
Radio Scarborough constantly encourages people to participate in our shows making full use of social media, text messaging and phone ins to allow listeners to contribute, participate and comment on local issues raised during on air programming.
The provision (whether by means of programmes included in the service or otherwise) of education or training to individuals not directly involved with the station.
Led by our Station Controller, we will identify suitable individuals to lead courses for individuals and groups on a regular basis to enable them to broadcast to our community.
We already offer basic broadcast training, including short taster courses and more detailed modules covering interviewing, radio and the law, presentation, journalism, editing and technical, studio management etc.
We are currently discussing with local schools in the area as to how Radio Scarborough can enhance their existing courses and how we can involve them at pupil, teacher, parent and PTA levels.
There will be many opportunities for local people to benefit from this and we will promote these courses regularly on the air.
The better understanding of the particular community and the strengthening of links within it.
Radio Scarborough encourages individuals and groups to use us to connect with the community. We encourage them to join in with our approach to talk with our listeners.
We hold frequent meetings with local agencies and organisations to ensure we are in touch with our audience.
We frequently seek feedback both on the streets, through our website and Facebook page.
Radio Scarborough will use this information and feedback to shape the sound of the station over the licence period. For example, upon hearing that an action group met regularly in Sleights, but felt their access to local media was severely limited, we set about establishing a bond with them.
We actively encourage local groups and organisations to tell us what they want from their local community radio station and we will encourage them to use the service to promote what they do for the local community.
Access and participation:
6. Participation in the service Guidance Notes How do you propose to ensure that members of your Legislation specifies a number of ‘characteristics of target community (or communities) are given community radio services’. Licence holders need to ensure opportunities to participate in the operation and their services conform to these characteristics, including in this case providing opportunities to participate in the management of the service? operation and management of the service. Ofcom requires Answer in fewer than 400 words: information as to how this would be achieved. What will be the involvement of members of the target community in the radio station? How many volunteers do you anticipate will be involved in your service per year? How do you propose to ensure that members of your target community (or communities) are given opportunities to participate in the operation and management of the service?
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Any individual or organisation can be involved in Radio Scarborough.
We encourage people to get involved in the running of the station by taking part in a number of small working groups that focus on the development of fundraising, training, volunteering, programming and other aspects of the station. These groups are led by a director of Radio Scarborough. Goals and targets will be set by the Radio Scarborough Management Team.
We encourage all Radio Scarborough volunteers to take an active role in the development of the radio station, using their varied knowledge of and contacts in the community to ensure we are providing a service that everyone wants.
We encourage public feedback on all areas of our output, ranging from the music we play to coverage of local events and the on air features we broadcast.`
We already have a volunteer team of over forty, with a varied range of experience and are keen to increase the team, in order to cover more and more of the needs and wants of our community. What will be the involvement of members of the target community in the radio station?
The first experience of Radio Scarborough for the vast majority of our local audience is when they hear us on the air. We encourage them to call the radio station, visit our website and social media channels. Interested groups and individuals can join us and participate as much or as little as they wish. They can approach us with ideas for coverage, or seek to gain the relevant experience to deliver their own coverage on-air and we invite such submissions when and wherever we can. People can be involved in all aspects of the radio station including presenting, fundraising, programming and the general running and promotion of the radio station.
How many volunteers do you anticipate will be involved in your service per year?
As previously stated, we have a volunteer team of over forty individuals already at the station, as well as many individual from organisations associated with the station, such as Scarborough Borough Council, North Yorkshire County Council, Avalon Care, Scarborough Rugby Club, English Heritage (mainly through Scarborough Castle) etc. There are literally hundreds of occasional contributors, who give their time/services on a voluntary basis. Radio Scarborough will be filled with local voices every hour, every day.
7. Access to facilities and training Guidance Notes Set out the practical (formal and informal) mechanisms Ofcom is required by the legislation to have regard to the which you will use to ensure that members of your target provision each applicant proposes to make to allow for community can gain access to your facilities that would be access by members of the target community to the facilities to be used for the provision of the service and for their used for the provision of your service and to receive training in the use of those facilities. training in their use. Radio Scarborough encourages local people and organisations to visit us on a regular basis. We do not currently have full disabled access, but are in consultation with our landlords at The Street to provide this. The Street is Scarborough’s most significant Community Centre and many of Radio Scarborough’s aims are shared with CAVCA, who manage The Street. Because The Street and our studio are glass-fronted, people can see straight in and witness us in action, which in itself creates a buzz.
We provide training for all volunteers and people wishing to contribute to the station. We also provide training for local groups, such as Barrowcliff Big Local, as well as creating ongoing programmatic training for young people, mature people and other social groups. Training is supported by the Station Controller and other suitably qualified volunteers, who make sure people get the training they need, to broadcast relevant and entertaining radio for the community. Volunteers delivering training to young people and vulnerable adults are DBS checked.
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We actively encourage the involvement of educational establishments, such as local schools, language schools, colleges and universities. We provide work experience for students from language schools and we’re an accredited placement provider for Northumbria University. We are in negotiations to form a similar relationship with Hull University. We have spoken to Coventry University, which is currently the only university to have a campus in the borough and they have expressed a desire to form such a relationship, once they are offering courses relevant to what we do. In the meantime we encourage their general engagement with our station.
Ensuring accountability:
8. Accountability Guidance Notes Please set out your proposed community accountability Broadcasting legislation specifies a number of mechanisms. These should cover matters such as: ‘characteristics of community radio services’. Licence holders need to ensure their services conform to these How will members of your target community: characteristics. One is that, in respect of the provision of • make contact with your service, and the service, the provider makes itself accountable to the • influence the operation of the service? community (or communities) the service is intended to serve. How will suggestions or criticisms from members of your target community (or communities) be considered and Ofcom is required to have regard to the provision each applicant proposes to make in order to ensure its acted upon? accountability to the relevant community (or communities). Radio Scarborough encourages people to contact us via the website, email, text, phone, social networks and face to face, to let us know what they think about the service.
The management team will receive this information and it will be acted on accordingly and we will periodically hold meetings for the general public to attend and give us direct feedback.
We publish feedback that we receive on our website/Facebook page and also any response and action taken that will affect the sound of the radio station.
We encourage volunteers to gather social feedback, when they’re out and about.
Periodical open meetings, inviting all listeners to give us direct feedback on the service they are hearing are currently not held, but it is our intention to hold such meetings, should we be granted an FM licence.
We will also hold a Annual General Meeting, open to anybody and offer them an opportunity to raise any issues with the Radio Scarborough management team.
We have an open door policy that encourages people to visit us on a regular basis. Whilst our studio doesn’t have specific disabled access, The Street, in general does. Radio Scarborough will be a radio friend, uniquely placed for local people to contact. It is an organisation proud to be part of the community and there to help people get the most out of life.
Guidance notes: station’s draft key commitments
Please draft the Key Commitments for your proposed service. There is a blank key commitments template overleaf. If your organisation is awarded a licence, the key commitments you draft here will be included in your licence. (Please note: Ofcom may require amendments if, for example, we feel changes are required to better reflect your application proposals).
Your draft Key Commitments should be consistent with, and, where appropriate, summarise the answers you have already given in this application form.
It is important that you draft your own commitments rather than just copying what may have been done by others. You should keep in mind that it will be a condition of any licence to meet the Key Commitments: something you must do at all times and for breach of which you could face sanctions including revocation of the licence. So, you should think carefully about what you will be committing to.
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We would expect key commitments to be brief and no more than one page long.
KEY COMMITMENTS: to be completed by the applicant [Guidance is given in italics.]
Station name: [As in section 1 of this application] Radio Scarborough
Licence area: [State the proposed coverage area as set out in section 3 of The Borough of Scarborough this form.]
Description of character of service [Describe in no more than 80 words in total]: the target community/communities [describe the community or communities you will serve; this should be a summary of your answer in section 2 of this form]:
- the main purpose of the service - the station’s primary functions or activities. Radio Scarborough broadcasts programmes of appeal to everyone who lives and works within the Borough of Scarborough. We showcase and reflect life in the area through interviews and features. We provide a comprehensive 24/7l service and engage in regular conversation with local individuals, groups and organisations, offering training courses to deliver a radio service truly reflective of the local community.
The service broadcasts: [these bullet points should be a summary of the answers you have given in section 4 of this form]:
• Music. The main types of music2 broadcast over the course of each week are: [insert types of music in a maximum of 30 words]
We broadcast a mix of well known, and not so well known music and songs covering all genres and periods.
• Speech. The main types of speech output3 broadcast over the course of each week are: [describe the speech output in a maximum of 30 words]
The main speech types will be interviews and features with local groups and individuals, together with sport, presenter links and What’s On information.
• Over the course of each week programming is broadcast in [list all language(s) other than English, if relevant]
Polish
• The service provides original output4 for a minimum of [insert number] hours per day. [What are the minimum hours per day that the service will broadcast original output?]
We will broadcast a minimum of 12 hours a day of original output.
• The service provides locally-produced output5 for a minimum of [insert number] hours per day. [What are the minimum hours per day that the service will broadcast locally-produced output?]
24 hours each day
2 e.g. mainstream pop, urban etc. 3 e.g. local news, what’s on etc. 4 Original output is output that is first produced for and transmitted by the service, and excludes output that was transmitted elsewhere before. Original output can be live or voice-tracked. Repeat broadcasts of original output do not count towards the minimum requirement. 5 Locally-produced output is output made and broadcast from within the service’s licensed coverage area.
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[The text below is included in the Key Commitments in all community radio licences, and does not need to be amended or augmented. Every service is required to comply with these requirements, but the details of how each service does so do not need to be included in the Key Commitments]
The studio is located within the licensed coverage area.
The service provides a range of community benefits (social gain objectives mandated by statute) for the target community, both on-air and off-air, and in doing so, achieves the following objectives:
• the facilitation of discussion and the expression of opinion,
• the provision (whether by means of programmes included in the service or otherwise) of education or training to individuals not employed by the person providing the service, and
• the better understanding of the particular community and the strengthening of links within it.
Members of the target community contribute to the operation and management of the service.
The service has mechanisms in place to ensure it is accountable to its target community.
[Please note: If awarded a licence, the key commitments you draft here will be included in your licence. (However, Ofcom may require amendments if, for example, we feel changes are required to better reflect your application proposals).]
About your organisation:
9. Company details Guidance Notes The legislation requires that: • Community radio services should not be provided primarily for commercial reasons or for the financial or other material gain of the body providing the service or the individuals involved in it • Any profits produced may only be used to either improve the future provision of the service or for the delivery of social gain to members of the public or the target community Provide the name of the body corporate (e.g. company) Only a body corporate can hold a community radio licence. submitting this application and the type of body corporate. A body corporate is almost always a (registered) company, Please provide copies of the company’s Memorandum, although it can also include, for example, some bodies Articles of Association and Certificate of Incorporation (or, created by statute (an individual or a registered charity on where it is another type of body corporate, its founding its own is not a body corporate). documents and those which set out its objectives and rules Your application must therefore be submitted on behalf of of operation) a registered company (or other body corporate). There are different types of company (e.g. a company limited by shares, a community interest company, a company limited by guarantee) and we need to know what kind of company is applying for a licence. We will not consider a licence award to a company if it has not yet been registered. If the application is successful the licence will be awarded to the body corporate (e.g. company) submitting this application.
Company (or other body corporate) name: Radio Scarborough Limited
Date of registration: 13th December 2012
Company registration number: 08330780
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Type of company (or other body corporate): A company limited by guarantee
Where your body is not a company, please explain how it
meets the requirement to be a body corporate:
10. Ownership Guidance Notes Please provide details of who controls and who owns the Ofcom needs to know about the ownership of the company body corporate (e.g. company) applying for this licence, (or other body corporate) applying for this licence, and any and on what basis this control and ownership is achieved. issues regarding its control. We will also consider how the company (or body corporate) will be run (this will usually be (If this will be different once the station starts broadcasting specified in the Articles of Association of the company). please say so (a licence is not issued until broadcasting In relation to exerting control over the applicant, the starts.) information provided should include the name and address The information provided must include: of any individuals or corporate bodies in accordance with • all the subscribers, members, shareholders, or whose wishes the applicant’s affairs are or will be whatever is appropriate for the applicant company (or conducted in most cases or in significant respects. body corporate), and state the extent of their interest (e.g. % shareholding) (if the company will be controlled by members, but the members are not yet recruited, please say so). (You will also be asked about the board of directors in 11 & 12 below.) • details of any individual, company or other body that may exert control over the applicant. Radio Scarborough Ltd is set up as a not for profit company limited by guarantee. We already have a strong management team in place and the indication is that should we be successful in our FM application, many organisations and individuals would be keen on supporting the station, both financially and in other ways, which added to the sponsorship and support that’s already in place, will enable us to move up to the next stage in our evolution, on a very firm-footing.
Ability to maintain the service:
11. Management and operations Guidance Notes With regard to the applicant please provide: In addition to the notes above on ownership, Ofcom is also required to evaluate the human resources involved in the • A list of directors, indicating who is the managing director and/or chair (please see question 12 running of a community radio station. Answers should demonstrate how those who have relevant experience will regarding directors’ details). work for the station. In addition, a diagram or organisation • An indication of management structure (e.g. chart may help paint a clearer picture. management committee or equivalent, if applicable), and/or • Information about who would be responsible for the day to day management and running of the station (there is a separate question regarding other staff below). Explain the role(s) in the station, job titles, and indicate whether paid or voluntary, full or part-time (and the number of hours). The Radio Scarborough Board consists of three members with a variety of complementary skills that will bring great benefit to the radio station.
All of the Directors in our team have considerable experience in commercial and community radio. television
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Richard Pearson, Station Controller (describe your past work and media experience)
I have extensive media experience, at the very highest level. I began work as a features journalist, in the early/mid 1970’s, working for numerous publications as diverse as Honey, Melody Maker and The New York Times, before starting to work for BBC network radio, on a freelance basis, in 1976 (I also did some work for Capital and LBC). The BBC work became full-time, within a matter of months. Whilst there I was the recipient of the Sandford St Martin Trust award, for best religious UK radio programme of 1978, for a Radio 4 series called God in My Language. I was also a member of a production team that won two Pye Radio awards (now Sony), for the Radio 1 show, Talkabout. Having worked extensively for Radios 1, 2 and 4, I left to take up a position with BBC TV in 1980. Between 1980 and 1985 I worked as a researcher and producer for BBC network tv, being involved in the production of around a thousand shows, the bulk of them live. Over the ensuing thirty years, I worked in various areas of the entertainment industry, spending time working in Tin Pan Alley with well-known songwriters, such as Don Black, Mike Batt, Geoff Stephens and Barry Mason, as well as in stage, film and music production.
I joined Radio Scarborough to present a weekly entertainment show in September 2015 and took over as Station Controller in March 2016. Since that time, I have attempted to steer Radio Scarborough in the direction of becoming a ‘proper’ community station, rather than the small scale commercial station it seemed to be when I joined. I have established a cordial relationship with the MD of our nearest ILR and will do my utmost to deliver content, which complements their existing coverage, in a way that benefits the community.
As Station Controller of Radio Scarborough, I will lead the Radio Scarborough management team in operating the station on a daily basis, with full responsibility for programme scheduling and content. This is an unpaid position.
Alan Deacon, Financial Director has many years of experience in running his own business and as a member of Scarborough Lions Club heading up the Club’s Welfare Committee, is well versed with the many aspects of the social problems (Scarborough is classed as a deprived area) that face a large part of the local population.
David Simcox Company Secretary and Technical Manager (describe your past work and media experience)
David is a veteran of the local music scene, having worked as a musician and one of the original presenters on Yorkshire Coast Radio. He is also a fully qualified electrician, running his own business, CustomCall for many years. Now retired and resident in France, David still maintains a residence in Scarborough and visits frequently. He recently undertook a complete refurbishment of our broadcast studio. David is in daily contact with the station. His son, Nile Hollis, has taken over much of the ongoing, hands-on, technical maintenance of the station.
Both the Station Conroller and Financial Director are responsible for establishing contacts with individuals, organisations and businesses so that both revenue and programming objectives are met. This is an unpaid position.
They are be supported by other unpaid members of the Radio Scarborough Management Team:
Paul Coia, Head of Training and Presentation
Richard Strange, Head of Arts and Culture
Charles White (aka Dr Rock) Conservation and Environmental Consultant: Patrick Argent MCSD, Head of Education and Youth Outreach Andy King, Head of Sales and Marketing Claire Robinson, Fundraising and Community Advisor Councillor Norman Murphy, Social Outreach Advisor
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Stephen Brailsford, Station Supervisor Nile Hollis, Technical Manager Pamela Douglas Kriesman, International News Editor Wesley Mallin, News Advisor and Journalist Training
12. Management and operations Guidance Notes Please provide information regarding each director as set Ofcom needs to know about the proposed directors and out below (some or all of which may be regarded as chair of the applicant. Some or all of the information given confidential). in this section will usually be removed from the publicly available copy of this application form. (All community In addition if any individuals have been identified for radio applications forms will be made available on our management roles at the proposed station, please give website.) If you request that any information be removed, further information in this section. please indicate which (and why by email to [email protected]).
Director: Richard Pearson Employment: Self employed Other directorships: None Relevant experience or qualifications: As point 11
Director: Alan Deacon Employment: Retired Other directorships: None Relevant experience or qualifications: Self employed business man for forty years.
Company Secretary: David Simcox Employment: Retired Other directorships: None Relevant experience or qualifications: 17th edition IEE regulations BS797
Paul Coia
Commencing his broadcasting career with Radio Clyde whilst still at university, Paul moved on to present his own chat show on Scottish TV, the company founded by his father Fernandino. Subsequently Paul has presented on most of the UK’s radio and tv networks and opened both Channel 4 and Disney’s ABC 1 channel, picking up numerous awards along the way. Still in high demand as a presenter, Paul also owns a production, training and presentation company which works extensively in Europe and the Middle East.
Paul advises on all aspects of training and presentation, as well as presenting programmes on Radio Scarborough.
Richard Strange
Entering the public psyche with his band, Doctors of Madness, who are regarded by many musicologists as the bridge between Glam Rock and Punk, Richard is a polymath who’s acted in high profile films like Batman, Mona Lisa and Gangs of New York and stage productions including Tom Waits’ and William Burroughs’ Black Rider, where he
Radio Scarborough application appeared with Marianne Faithfull. He co-wrote the cantata Love is a Virus From Outer Space, with Gavin Bryars and is in high demand as an arts educator, having lectured at many of the world’s top establishments including, Colegio des Artes, Portugal, London College of Fashion and Hong Kong Design Institute, where he was Visiting Fellow and Creator in Residence.
Richard advises on arts and cultural content, as well as presenting programmes on Radio Scarborough.
Charles White
Charles is a well-known local music pundit, who’s published authorised biographies of Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard. He is also a seasoned campaigner on local conservation and environmental issues.
Patrick Argent
Patrick is a Chartered Designer, local teacher and lecturer with a background in the field of graphic illustration, who also presents a weekly programme on Radio Scarborough
Andy King
Andy is a music industry veteran, who started working as a Promotion Manager for UK Records in 1974, going on to work in a variety of senior positions, including a three-year stint as an Associate Producer on The Brits. He formed Total Rock Radio in 1998, with the late Tommy Vance and ex BBC Producer, Tony Wilson, holding the role of Sales and Marketing Director. Andy is still a director of Total Rock Radio, as well as presenting a weekly programme on Radio Scarborough.
Claire Robinson
Claire is the Development Manager for Scarborough and Ryedale Carers Resource, so is well placed to identify areas where Radio Scarborough can offer support to the local community, as well as identifying potential sources of ongoing funding. Claire’s daughter Katie is the senior member and Producer of Radio Scarborough’s Youth Team.
Councillor Norman Murphy
Norman is an elected independent member of Scarborough Borough Council, who is best placed to identify important social issues for Radio Scarborough to cover, as well as giving the station a ‘hands-on’ approach to connecting with the local community.
Stephen Brailsford
Stephen is a local magician and entertainer, who joined Radio Scarborough to present a weekly programme. Stephen took to radio like a duck to water and now presents two weekly shows, one of which is called Retail Therapy and deals with all matters that might affect local consumers. Sometimes the topics are light-hearted and amusing and sometimes deadly serious, but Stephen always presents them in an entertaining manner. Stephen has taken onboard the responsibility of dealing with day to day issues affecting the station, being especially effective as he lives a five-minute walk from the studio.
Nile Hollis
Nile was around at the very beginning of Radio Scarborough and a year ago, took the decision to return to the fold. Nile has extensive electrical, electronic and IT knowledge and takes care of the smooth-running of the technical side of our operation.
Pamela Douglas Kriesman
Pamela is a widely experienced Journalist and News Editor, having worked in these roles as a freelance, over many years, in the USA. Pamela is now resident in Mexico and records a weekly International News Bulletin, unique to Radio Scarborough.
Wesley Mallin
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Wesley is currently News Editor at BBC Radio Derby. A vastly experienced news journalist, Wesley has a great knowledge of the local area, having worked at both Yorkshire Coast Radio and KCFM. Wesley advises us on local news and is training three of our volunteers in newsgathering and bulletin writing.
13. Staffing structure Guidance Notes What is the staffing structure of your proposed radio The legislation requires that Ofcom has regard to the service? Provide a job title for each position and indicate applicant’s ability to maintain the proposed service (as well whether the individual will be paid or will work in a as to ensure the applicant is fit and proper to hold the licence). As well as its ownership, management and voluntary capacity, will be full or part-time (indicate the operations, the proposed staffing of the station is relevant number of hours for part-time posts). This may be provided to these considerations. as a diagram or organisation chart.
Including the management team, details given above, Radio Scarborough is staffed by around forty volunteers. All presenters share in the day to day duties of running the station, as well as presenting their programmes, including fundraising, promotion, cleaning, maintenance etc. There is a lot of spirit in the station and most presenters are keen to get out in the field, when the opportunity arrives, to help develop a deeper relationship with the local community. Around 75% live and work in the borough, with the remainder coming from the rest of the country. We feel that as our borough relies heavily on tourism, it is a great asset to have presenters from across the UK, as well as from the heart of our community, as they inevitably attract their own local following on our internet service and this creates an interest in our area, which we know has translated into tourists coming here, directly as a result of curiosity borne out of listening to programmes by presenters based in Kent, Slough, Birmingham, London, Hartlepool etc. Notable presenters on our team include Rob Randall, who came to us about eighteen months ago. Rob has special needs and really struggled to begin with, but he is now amongst the most reliable members of our team. His support worker from Avalon Care recently contacted us to say that Rob’s confidence and self- esteem have risen beyond recognition, since he joined us and doing his radio programmes gives him a real sense of purpose. Rob is part of a strong network of people with special needs in the area and the bulk of them regularly tune into Rob’s programme. It was through Rob that we recruited wheelchair-bound Alice Randall (no relation) who broadcasts twice weekly, direct from her home in the Midlands. Francoise Pascal was one of the stars of seventies tv sitcom Mind Your Language, which at its height attracted over 20 million viewers, Francoise joined Radio Scarborough three years ago and brought with her a massive fan base. Anxious to connect with the local community, she will be hosting a local charity fundraiser at Anglolang School of English, in Scarborough, this coming September.
14. Applicant’s experience Guidance Notes Please describe the history of your group, and any relevant Ofcom is required to consider whether an applicant has the experience of the group, or the individuals within the ability to run a community radio station for the licence group, by answering the questions below. period (up to five years). To aid our consideration we want to know about any relevant experience the applicant group as a whole, or the individuals involved, may have.
A. Please provide a brief history of your group. Answer in fewer than 300 words: RS started in 2012, in response to a need in the town, for an alternative to existing local radio. A community FM licence was denied by Ofcom in 2014, for reasons we now accept were completely valid. By 2016 the
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station had grown to around 15-20 volunteers who produced a variety of programmes, but was lacking in any real identity and hadn’t properly addressed the essence of community broadcasting. The original Station Manager stood down, joining a new local station and taking many of the volunteers with him. Richard Pearson, an experienced BBC journalist and producer, became Station Controller and set about rebuilding as a bona fide community station. Starting with just six volunteers, a far more coherent schedule eventually evolved, encompassing a more varied spread of music and a distinct increase in spoken word content. Eventually, we were able to produce a Saturday afternoon comprehensive roundup of the local sports scene. In the 2017/18 season that was expanded to include commentary from Scarborough RUFC home games. In 2019/20 we will be further-expanding our coverage of sport, as well as other outside events in our community and have been promised the help of Scarborough-based businessman Kevin McCabe. Kevin whose company owns Sheffield United, has already contributed much to local sport, being the driving-force behind the new Squash Centre and is keen to continue in this vein, in conjunction with Radio Scarborough. We’ve recently completed the first year of our partnership with Scarborough RUFC. At a recent meeting, it was decided that Radio Scarborough would be provided with a dedicated commentary box next season and the relationship expanded to incorporate other areas of the set-up at their HQ. Scarborough RUFC have agreed to spearhead a campaign to help us attract sponsors and donors, to help with the expanded coverage.
B. Please summarise the group’s broadcasting experience (e.g. internet radio, Restricted Service Licences (RSLs)). Whilst several of the group have been involved in network broadcasting for many years, the bulk have been broadcasting on the internet for between one and two years. Having said that, Radio Scarborough is very much run on a professional basis, with presenters being required to conform to Ofcom regulations and Broadcasting Standards, even though we are technically not regulated
C. Please summarise the relevant experience of the group or its members, in relevant non-broadcast areas (such as third sector, local business, fund-raising, training or education).
Richard Pearson Richard has been self-employed since 1985 and since that time he’s funded, financed and managed countless projects.
D. Please summarise the radio broadcasting experience of key individuals in the applicant group (only if not already described above).
Already covered
Evidence of demand:
15. Demand and/or support Guidance Notes Please provide a summary of evidence of demand and/or When considering community radio licence applications, support for your proposed service. Ofcom is required to take into account the extent of local demand for, or support for, the provision of the proposed This may include a variety of information, for example: service. • summary of support from statutory or voluntary It is for applicants to decide what evidence of demand or sector organisations which expect to contribute support they wish to submit. However, Ofcom does not practically and/or financially to your operations, or believe that generic support for the establishment of a new which would expect to collaborate with you in joint radio service is as meaningful as evidence of considered activities; support for a specific applicant’s proposals. This means that • evidence of interest generated through radio activity Ofcom does not attach great value to numerous examples (e.g. RSLs, internet radio), community activity,
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training, voluntary sector work etc.; of similar generic or form letters of support by your group, or to petitions. • results of research; Copies of letters or research reports etc. should not be • summary of support from local politicians, councils, submitted. However, your response here may include brief educational or religious bodies etc.; relevant extracts from such material and must represent an • summary of support from local business or other accurate and comprehensive summary of any such sectors; supporting evidence. If we wish to see the source material, we will ask for it. • evidence of support from your proposed target community. Radio Scarborough has held a number of meetings with representatives from a wide variety of groups and organisations based in the Borough of Scarborough. All can see the benefits that this radio station brings to the area and have shown a great deal of enthusiasm for our plans.
The Radio Scarborough Board of Directors has applied to OFCOM for a community radio licence to enable local individuals and organisations an opportunity to talk directly with the people they serve – we are facilitators and trainers.
We have operated Radio Scarborough for over six years, generating interest both locally and farther afield amongst ‘ex-patriate’ Scarborians. The biggest complaint we hear is that the station is not locally accessible on FM and it is for that reason we are making this application.
We are also told frequently that radio pieces on local history are very much in demand, in order to communicate the historical importance of the Borough of Scarborough, to its visitors and residents. This is an area of special interest to several volunteers and contributors, who feel that little such material is available on existing broadcast media.
We are already working closely with Scarborough RNLI, for whom we fundraise, Scarborough and Filey Lions, Avalon Care, CAVCA, Scarborough & Ryedale Carers Resource, English Heritage, numerous community centres, Barrowcliff Big Local (with a similar scheme in Whitby set to take up the same training scheme) Scarborough RUFC, Sleights Connecting Communities, Scarborough and District Disablement Group (DAG) and many more. We feel that being on FM would help us expand that to incorporate all charities and community groups in the borough. Since the demise of the six nights a week, Scarborough Evening News and its replacement with the weekly Scarborough News, the need for a community station dedicated to the borough of Scarborough has increased significantly. The parliamentary constituency of Scarborough and Whitby is the largest of its kind in England, geographically, yet it is very sparsely populated. When out in the field we have heard many requests from people that point to the need for a dedicated community station in the borough. We often hear from farmers, for example, that ILR doesn’t really cover farming to any degree and that BBC coverage is very ‘South-centric’ and fails to deal with specific issues relating to local farmers. They tell us that even BBC Radio York, takes most of its farming programmes from network sources, so they are not really relevant to their work. The bulk of farmers we speak to have scant knowledge of how to access internet radio or even that it exists, so a community FM station, is a vital prop to them for sharing information and opinions. Local Fisherman feel similarly. Farming and fishing are amongst the biggest ‘industries’ in our area and desperately need a localised FM station to cover all aspects of their activities. We are constantly told that there needs to be more coverage of local politics and local current affairs, as these subjects are not covered in any depth, in existing local media. We are already broadcasting a weekly programme that deals with such issues and have a long line of people, who’ve expressed a desire to contribute. As already mentioned, there is a great demand for musical niche genres in the borough, as can be evidenced by the success of such festivals as Scarborough Jazz, Top Secret and Whitby Blues, Musicport (World), Whitby and Filey folk, Ryedale (Classical & Opera, with numerous events taking place in our borough) Whitby 60s, Yorkshire Coast Music (Indie), Rock & Roll Weekenders and All Dayers, Northern Soul Weekenders and All Dayers and many more.
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We believe Radio Scarborough is the only local station catering for this comprehensively, on our internet service and have been told by many local residents, this would be in high demand on FM.
Ability to maintain the service – financial information:
16. Pre-launch financial information
In assessing an applicant’s ability to maintain the service we need to know what funds and assets it holds, how much it intends to spend getting the station on-air (pre-launch expenditure), and predicted funding for the pre-launch period. Please note ‘in-kind’ income is dealt with in 18 below.
17. Year 1 financial information - income Please provide information on the predicted income for your first year of broadcasting. N.B. there is a legislative restriction on income from on-air advertising and sponsorship/commercial references (in summary, each station is allowed a ‘fixed revenue allowance’ of £15,000 per year from paid-for advertising and sponsorship; some stations may also be allowed up to 50% of their total relevant information per year (i.e. disregarding the fixed revenue allowance). See the ‘Invitation of applications for community radio licences’ for your region for further information).
18. Financial information – in-kind support Please provide totals that reflect the in-kind support you expect to receive for the pre-launch period, and for year one. You may count some volunteer input as in-kind support – please see our guidance on this http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/radio-ops/volunteerinput.pdf
19. Year 1 financial information – outgoings Please summarise year 1 outgoings – your expected operational expenditure to cover the first 12 months after the service has commenced broadcasting. (Add rows if necessary).
20. Year 1 financial information – commercial activities on air The legislation for Community Radio places limits on the amount of income annually from the sale of on-air advertising and sponsorship that can be generated.
21. Pre-launch financial information - contingency If there is a shortfall between pre-launch predicted income and outgoings, please explain below how you would expect to cover any outstanding costs.
22. Year 1 financial information - contingency If there is a shortfall between Year 1 income and Year 1 outgoings, please explain below how you would expect to cover any outstanding costs (see also 23 and 24 below). Alternatively if there is a surplus at the end of Year 1, please explain what you intend to do with such additional resources.
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23. Financial information – loans and other borrowings If any of your proposed funding (either set-up or operational) is in the form of loans e.g. from directors, individuals or organisations, please provide details as to who the loan is from and the terms of such lending, expected repayment terms, interest rate charged and other associated costs.
24. Financial information – alternative funding streams If there is a shortfall between income and outgoings, what arrangements have you explored and are in place to provide further financial and/or ‘in-kind’ support for your proposed service? If you have any proposals for expanding and/or changing the funding model of your proposed service after the first year of operation, please provide details below:
Broadcasting engineering:
Engineering notes We require preliminary radio frequency (r.f.) engineering information and applicants are advised that this section is not intended to be exhaustive. We are asking for the basic engineering parameters necessary to determine the extent of frequency availability in an applicant’s chosen area (after taking account of the requirements of neighbouring broadcasters); and to determine whether the proposed service area can be adequately served from this site. As a result, applicants should note the importance of identifying a transmission site that is suitable for the area they wish to serve. While Ofcom would not wish applicants to go to unnecessary expense (we do not guarantee the availability of a suitable frequency and/or our ability to allocate it for broadcasting from the chosen transmission site), we do require precise details about the transmission site chosen. The questions following relate to this. Applicants should provide evidence of negotiations or agreement with the site owner (e.g. whether a provisional agreement is in place). Any licence award will be based on the coverage area from the site identified in the application. If a licence is offered, Ofcom may not be able to agree to a change from the site put forward in this application (and any request for a change will need to be justified). Applicants should read and be aware of the relevant part of the Ofcom Site Engineering Code which may be found at: http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/guidance/tech-guidance/eng_code/
25. Engineering information Waveband: This application is for an FM licence Yes /
Do you understand the requirements for FM (VHF) and have you incorporated these below and in, for example, Yes / your start-up and other costs, detailed earlier?
Transmission site What is the postal address and post code: YO11 2UG address:
The NGR is a reference code comprising two letters and two groups of three numbers (e.g. SW 123 456). It is TA 038 870 available from Ordnance Survey.
What is the height of the site, in metres, Above Ordnance 140 metres Datum (AOD)?
National Grid In metres, what is the total height of the mast / building 20 metres Reference (NGR): Above Ground level (AGL)?
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About the site’s What is the height, in metres, of the transmitting antenna 15 metres dimensions: AGL?
Please supply photographs of the transmitter mast / X Tick if enclosed building and aerial location.
Who owns the site and what are their full contact details?
Is this site already used for broadcasting and if so by Save9 clients whom? About the Delete as appropriate the yes/no answers which describe transmission site: your situation regarding proposed site (it may be that you cannot answer all four questions):
Site identified? Yes
Transmission site Provisional agreement with site owner in place? Yes availability: Or under negotiation? No
Applicant group owns site? No
Other – please specify. N/A
Applicant group owns site? No
How to contact you:
26. Public contact details Guidance Notes Provide the name of the person who will deal with Ofcom will publish community radio licence applications, and enquiries from the press and public and the contact from time to time statements which may include public contact details for them. details, on its website. A point of contact is required to deal with press and other enquiries from interested parties.
Name: Richard Pearson Email: [email protected] Website: www.radioscarborough.co.uk
27. Contact details for Ofcom Guidance Notes Provide the name of the person who will be Ofcom’s Ofcom will need to contact your group in relation to this primary contact and their contact details: application.
Concluding declaration:
28. Declaration APPLICANT’S, DIRECTORS’ AND OWNERS’ OTHER INTERESTS
1. In relation to the applicant and any body’s and/or individuals whose details are given in sections 11, 12 and 13 of this application, please state whether the applicant, any body or individual is (and if so identify that body or individual) involved in any of the activities set out in the table below, and the extent of the involvement or interest.
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For these purposes, the applicant includes associates of the applicant (i.e. directors and their associates and other group companies): (Note: if none of the following categories in this section apply, this must be clearly indicated by writing “none” in any appropriate box.)
Activity/involvement By the applicant and/or By a director a shareholder or (section 12 of this application member form) (section 11 of this application form) Councillor Norman a) Local authorities None Murphy (Independant) b) Bodies whose objects are wholly or mainly of a political None None nature, or which are affiliated to such a body c) Bodies whose objects are wholly or mainly of a religious None None nature d) An individual who is an officer of a body falling within None None (c) above e) A body corporate which is an associate (as defined in paragraphs 1(1) and 1(1a) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the None None Broadcasting Act 1990) or a body falling within (b) or (c) above) f) An advertising agency or an associate of an advertising None None agency g) Other broadcasting interests (including radio, television, Andy King (Total Rock None satellite and cable broadcasting and allied activities). Radio) Other interests 2. Give details of any other interest or activity of the applicant which is or could be incompatible with the requirements imposed by or under Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (as modified by the Community Radio Order 2004) and Articles 6 and 7 of the Community Radio Order 2004. Please also give details of any other participant in the applicant whose interest is or could be incompatible with those requirements. (You may need to seek advice about these matters)
Other matters 3. In pursuance of its duties under Section 86(4) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (as amended), Ofcom requires that the applicant should notify Ofcom of any matters which might influence Ofcom’s judgement as to whether: (i) the applicant; (ii) any director of the applicant; (iii) any individual, or any director of a company, who will have an interest of 5 per cent or more in the applicant; may not be considered a 'fit and proper person' to participate in a radio licence. Such matters would include, for example, the following (whether they occurred in the UK or any other country): any unspent criminal conviction, any undischarged insolvency and/or bankruptcy orders, any disqualification from being a director of a limited company, and any adverse findings made by Ofcom (or its predecessor broadcast regulators), any other regulatory authority and/or any court or tribunal in respect of any regulatory matters.
Radio Scarborough application
Do you confirm, to the best of your knowledge and belief, that: 4. The applicant is not a disqualified person in relation to the licence by virtue of the provisions of section 143 (5) of the Broadcasting Act 1996 (relating to political objects); 5. The applicant is not otherwise a disqualified person in relation to the licence by virtue of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 or any other rule prohibiting its holding the licence; 6. No director, member or other person involved directly or indirectly in the management of the applicant group is the subject of a disqualification order as defined by section 145 (1) of the Broadcasting Act 1996; 7. No person (body corporate or individual) involved in the application has been convicted within the past five years of an unauthorised broadcasting offence and that the applicant will do all it can to ensure that no person (body corporate or individual) so convicted will be concerned in the provision of the service, the making of programmes included in it, or the operation of the radio station if the applicant is granted a licence; and 8. Any matters which might influence Ofcom's judgement as to whether the directors or members of the applicant group are fit and proper persons to participate in a radio licence have been made to Ofcom. Applicants should note that Ofcom reserves the right to revoke a licence if at any time any material statement made is found to be false and to have been made by the applicant or any member or officer thereof knowing it to be false, and that in the circumstances of section 144 of the Broadcasting Act 1996, the provision of false information or the withholding of relevant information with the intention of misleading Ofcom could incur a criminal conviction and a disqualification from the holding of a licence. X Please tick this box to confirm that the applicant agrees with the above statements.
Please tick the boxes below to indicate which additional documentation is included as part of this application. We are not willing to accept additional information with this application, other than that set out below: X Memorandum & Articles of Association Certificate of Incorporation X Application Payment (UK £ 600.00) non-returnable (Paid via BACS on 19th March 2019) X Photographs of the transmitter mast / building and aerial location.
I hereby apply to Ofcom for the grant of a community radio licence and declare that the information given in this application and any additional documentation is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, correct.
Alan Deacon (Name of person)
Financial Director (Title or position in the applicant group)
26/03/2019 (Date)